Graeme_m
Active Member
I have a '98 E300TD estate, which doesn't like winter. As soon as the weather starts to get cold and damp, like around October, the gearbox develops a problem from cold.
Car is parked outside, on a slight uphill incline, starts normally and changes gear normally. As soon as it gets to approx 40 degrees engine temp, the gearbox shows a tendency to hold the lower gears until reaching the redline, almost as if the clutch is slipping. If the gearbox is held down to 4, this does not occur.
The problem has been reported to my dealer twice, but apparently shows nothing on diagnostics and I have been told that this is a normal function of the gearbox holding each gear longer in the warm-up period.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Car is parked outside, on a slight uphill incline, starts normally and changes gear normally. As soon as it gets to approx 40 degrees engine temp, the gearbox shows a tendency to hold the lower gears until reaching the redline, almost as if the clutch is slipping. If the gearbox is held down to 4, this does not occur.
The problem has been reported to my dealer twice, but apparently shows nothing on diagnostics and I have been told that this is a normal function of the gearbox holding each gear longer in the warm-up period.
Does anyone have any suggestions?